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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

The PIE News

Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work. The PIE identified 19 colleges in the US to date from the beginning of 2023 that announced their closure which are either listed as liberal arts colleges or carry “strong liberal arts traditions”.

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As the pandemic kept us all at home during the summer of 2021, I found myself reading things I might not normally have the time or inclination to read. This is where the liberal arts education gains considerable value. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary gives two definitions of the liberal arts.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

From fall 2021 to fall 2023, enrollment in computer and information sciences increased by 21.4% art history students are tasked with creating a search on the cost and origin of 17th-century textiles, for example, according to the school’s website. At Middlebury College (Vt.),

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Williams College Faculty Approve Creation of Asian American Studies Concentration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

7 faculty meeting – will make Williams the first small liberal arts college in New England to establish such a program, according to Dr. Stephen Tifft, chair of the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) and professor of English. The vote – done at a Dec. The proposal for the program argued for the need for AAS given the U.S.’s

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. Like my courses in the United States, I engaged my Qatari students in a critical history of the United States, one that centered the history of race. But they never came.